Orlando, You're Hot

March 9, 1986|By Joe Kilsheimer and Lynn Phillips

Metropolitan Orlando was the hottest housing market in the country in 1985, according to a list compiled by Lomas and Nettleton, the nation's largest mortgage broker. While Orlando did not have the most residential building permits issued in the country -- 26,056 -- it did have the most per 1,000 population, giving it L&N's so-called ''market hotness'' ranking of 31.6. In that category, Orlando was trailed by Phoenix, West Palm Beach and Austin, Texas. In terms of numbers only, the combined areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties in Southern California issued the most residential building permits -- 74,100. It was followed by the Dallas-Fort Worth area with 73,400 permits and Phoenix with 50,800.